Prime-time network TV listings for Monday April 1, 1974:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Gunsmoke [Reg]: The Disciple
Season 19, episode 24 W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Gunnar Hellstrom With Charles Wagenheim (Halligan), Charles Seel (Barney), R.L. Armstrong (Ransom), Paul Picerni (New Marshal), David Huddleston (Asa), Claire Brennan (Sissy), Frank Marth (Loveday), Dennis Redfield (Lem Rawlins), Marco St. John (Darcy), Bobby Clark (Junior), Robert Phillips (Bill Jim). Following a robbery and gunfight, Matt Dillon is left without the use of his right arm. Feeling he can no longer protect and serve the residents of Dodge City, he turns in his marshal's badge and exits Dodge to learn to live with his handicap.
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[ABC 8:00] The Rookies [Reg]: Get Ryker
Season 2, episode 5 W: William Lansford D: Leonard Horn With Joseph Campanella (Joe Mannley), Bill Williams (Capt. Whitfield), Robert Donner (Ned Collins), Thalmus Rasulala (Tony Ross), Sid McCoy (Sgt. Carter). Lt. Ryker is the intended victim of a revenge killing by a recently released convict who holds Ryker responsible for the years lost in prison. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1973)
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[NBC 8:00] TV Movie: The Girl On The Late, Late Show (1974)
W: Mark Rodgers D: Gary Nelson With Don Murray, Laraine Stephens, Walter Pidgeon, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell, Mary Ann Mobley, Van Johnson, Bert Convy, Joe Santos, Yvonne De Carlo. The story of a production executive with an early morning talk show whose search for a once-promising young movie star, who had disappeared mysteriously in the early 1950s, almost costs him his life. Pilot for a series.
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[CBS 9:00] Here's Lucy [Reg]: The Big Game
Season 6, episode 2 W: Bob O'Brien D: Coby Ruskin With O.J. Simpson (Himself), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane), James Brodhead (Tilford), Cliff Norton (Detective Billy), Al Checco (Detective Bobby), Tom Kelly (Announcer), Sid Gould (Man), Robert Foulk (Fan), Jerry Jones (Officer). Football star O.J. Simpson meets Lucy and Harry at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, where he presents Harry with two valuable seats to a game. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1973)
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[ABC 9:00] The Movies [special]
Conclusion of the documentary which traces the history of American cinema. Narrating different segments are Gregory Peck (motion picture fantasy); Karl Malden (good guys and bad guys); Lillian Gish (hard times); and Jack Nicholson, who closes the program with an illustration of motion picture battle of the sexes.
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[CBS 9:30] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: Dennis Takes A Wife
Season 3, episode 2 D: Noam Pitlik With Bobbie Mitchell (Houseguest). Dennis falls in love at first sight -- with a picture of the Prestons' pretty house guest, an aspiring young actress. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1973)
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[NBC 9:30] TV Movie: Honky Tonk (1974)
W: Douglas Heyes D: Don Taylor With Richard Crenna, Margot Kidder, Will Geer, Stella Stevens, John Dehner, Geoffrey Lewis, James Luisi, Gregory Sierra, Richard Stahl. A con man decides to visit a gold strike in Nevada for some easy marks, and finds himself involved in a counter con game which turns to murder. Pilot for a series.
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[CBS 10:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Hexed
Season 5, episode 23 W: Barry Oringer D: Lee Philips With Louise Sorel (Isabella), Peter Haskell (Dr. Jerry Mayhill), Rosa Turich (Mrs. Sanchez), Will Geer (Loriss). A sinister professor of South American anthropology, whose pretty young academic assistant is in critical mental and physical condition, attributes the illness to a voodoo curse.
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